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SUMMARY:Monster (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:Monster \n怪物 \nWednesday\, July 8\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by KORE-EDA Hirokazu • 2023 • Drama\, Mystery • 125 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nA single mother\, Saori (ANDO Sakura)\, demands answers from a school teacher\, Hori (NAGAYAMA Eita)\, when her son Minato (KUROKAWA Sōya\, winner of the Blue Ribbon Award for Best Newcomer for this role) begins acting strangely. As the tension escalates\, the line between truth and misunderstanding starts to blur. \nWinner of the Best Screenplay Award at the 76th Cannes Film Festival\, Monster is a complex\, multi-layered drama that uses Rashomon effect to explore the worlds of the two young children who live under the shadows of the adults around them. In his latest work\, acclaimed director KORE-EDA Hirokazu turns a compassionate lens to those who are misunderstood and marginalized\, asking what it means to be seen as a “monster” in this world. The film is further elevated by a poignant score from the late composer SAKAMOTO Ryuichi\, which “creates a layer of nuance and meaning” (The Guardian). \n\nContent advisory: references to bullying\, abuse\, and self-harm. \n\nPart of our Contemporary Japanese Cinema Spotlight series. \n  \nFree admission. Registration required. \nRegistration for this event is now full. We will have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come\, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding. \n\nDirector Profile: \n \nKORE-EDA Hirokazu (是枝 裕和) is a Japanese director\, producer\, screenwriter\, and editor. Before becoming a director\, Kore-eda worked as an assistant director on television documentaries. \nAt the 1995 Venice Film Festival\, Kore-eda’s first fiction feature film\, Maborosi\, won a Golden Osella for Best Cinematography. His next feature film After Life premiered at the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival and brought international recognition to Kore-eda’s work. \nOne of the most acclaimed contemporary Japanese filmmakers\, Kore-eda’s films have been selected at the Festival de Cannes multiple times\, including Distance (2001)\, Nobody Knows (Best Actor Award\, 2004)\, Air Doll (2009)\, Like Father\, Like Son (Jury Prize\, 2013)\, Our Little Sister (2015) and After the Storm (2016). In 2018\, Shoplifters won the Palme d’or at the 71st Festival de Cannes as well as being nominated for the 91st Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.  \nKore-eda then turned to international co-production for his next two features: The Truth (2019) in France\, and Broker (Best Actor Award\, Festival de Cannes 2022) in Korea. In 2023\, his feature Monster won Queer Palm and Best Screenplay at the 76th Festival de Cannes. His latest film\, Sheep in the Box\, had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
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SUMMARY:Wife of a Spy (film screening)
DESCRIPTION:Wife of a Spy \nスパイの妻 \nThursday\, July 23\, 6:00PM (ET) \nDoors open 5:30PM | Film Screening | In-Person | JFT Event Hall \nDirected by KUROSAWA Kiyoshi • 2020 • Drama\, Thriller • 115 minutes • Presented in Japanese with English subtitles • Trailer \nMaster filmmaker KUROSAWA Kiyoshi won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival for this riveting and gorgeously crafted thriller. \nIn 1940 in Kobe\, during the World War II\, Satoko (AOI Yû) receives a visit from her childhood friend\, now a military policeman\, regarding suspicious activities of her husband\, local merchant and amateur filmmaker\, Yusaku (TAKAHASHI Issey). Satoko confronts Yusaku\, but when she discovers his true intentions\, she is torn between loyalty to her husband\, the life they have built\, and the country they call home. \nPart of our Contemporary Japanese Cinema Spotlight series. \n  \nFree admission. Registration required. \nRegistration for this event is now full. We will have a rush line before the event to release available seats on a first-come\, first-served basis. Admission is not guaranteed. Thank you for your understanding. \n\nDirector Profile: \n \nKUROSAWA Kiyoshi (黒沢 清) is a Japanese film director\, screenwriter\, film critic and former professor at the Tokyo University of the Arts\, best known for his contributions to the Japanese horror genre.  \nHe first began making 8mm films in university\, making his feature film directorial debut in 1983 with Kandagawa Wars. Kurosawa achieved international acclaim with his 1997 crime thriller Cure\, which he followed up with other notable works including License to Live (1998)\, Barren Illusion (1999)\, and Charisma (1999). Kurosawa’s work has been frequently recognized in festivals worldwide. Pulse (2001) was awarded the Film Critics Award in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. Bright Future and Doppelganger were official selections at Cannes in 2003. Retribution (2006) screened at the Venice Film Festival. Tokyo Sonata won the Jury Prize at Cannes and Best Film at the 2009 Asian Film Awards.  \nHis recent work Journey to the Shore (2015) and Before We Vanish (2017) were both screened in the Un Certain Regard category at the Cannes Film Festival in their respective years\, with the latter earning Kurosawa the prize for Best Director. In his cinematic return to the horror genre\, Creepy (2016) premiered at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and his film To the End of the Earth (2019) was screened as a closing film at the Locarno Film Festival. For Wife of a Spy\, Kurosawa won the Silver Lion for Best Director at the 77th Venice International Film Festival.  \nIn 2024\, Kurosawa released three films: Chime\, a short horror film that premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival; Serpent’s Path\, a French-language remake of Kurosawa’s 1998 film of the same name; and Cloud\, which premiered out of competition at the Venice International Film Festival. His latest film\, The Samurai and the Prisoner\, had its world premiere at the Cannes Premiere section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival.
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